Palaeomagnetism of red beds from the Kimberley Group, Western Australia: Implications for the palaeogeography of the 1.8 Ga King Leopold glaciation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 267-280

  Schmidt, Phillip W ^a   Williams, George E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elgee Siltstone; Hematite; Lansdowne Arkose; Palaeoproterozoic; Pentecost Sandstone; Regolith

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEMATITE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RED BED; REGOLITH; SEA LEVEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY BASIN; MCARTHUR BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 55949094829     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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